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• Farther up was the wonderful and mysterious old house of Madame Jumel--Aaron Burr's Madame Jumel--set apart from all other houses by its associations with the fierce, vindictive passions of that strange old woman, whom, it seems to me, I can still vaguely remember, seated very stiff and upright in her great old family carriage. —  Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches
• To the west appear the shining waters of the head of the Gulf of Finland, with the fortifications of Cronstadt in the far distance, and a fleet of men-of-war before it; while higher up is a whole squadron of gun-boats, which were lately built and fitted out in a great hurry to meet those England had prepared to send into these waters. —  Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar
• A little higher up is the new naval arsenal, with long sheds, where gangs of workmen are employed in chains, and through which runs a canal. —  Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar
• A little way farther up was the tool shed, and beyond, the tower house. —  The Black Box
• On receiving just the half, however, he put it into his pocket, without a word of remonstrance Suomi?_" I asked, calling up a Finnish word with an effort Suomi-laďnen_" he answered, proudly enough, though the exact meaning is, "I am a Swamplander Kexholm, which was founded in 1295, has attained since then a population of several hundreds. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864

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